Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780061434488)

Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?

Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things--and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your friends into poems. He offers tips, advice, and secrets about writing and provides some fun exercises to help you get started (or unstuck). You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients of some of his most popular poems. If you are a poet, want to be a poet, or if you have to write a poem for homework and you just need some help, then this is the book for you

Author: Jack Prelutsky
ISBN-10: 0061434485
ISBN-13: 9780061434488
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2008
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.54h x 5.23w x 0.44d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 124180 / Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2008 pg. 47
Booklist 05/01/2008 pg. 82
School Library Journal 06/01/2008 pg. 167
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2008 pg. 440 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 447 - Recommended, Satisfactory